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Course Name: International Organization (Spring 2012)

+Course Name: International Organization (Spring 2012) Time/ Venue: 1-4pm (D56), Monday / 大勇 210406 Instructor: Chyungly LEE, Ph.D. (IIR NCCU) Contact: [email protected] Office Hours: 4:15-5:30pm, Monday

The Objective 1. to introduce theories of International Organization to students of International Communication from perspectives of International Relations. 2. to discuss practices of Intergovernmental politico-security and politico-economic organizations at both the global and regional levels. 3. to summarize Taiwan's participation in international organizations. 4. to enhance students' capability of analyzing news and reports related to international organizations

Course Outline Theories of International Organization International/Regional Politico-Security Organization International/Regional Politico-Economic Organization Taiwan and International Organization

The Requirements and Grading 1) Class Participation 20% (attendance, discussions of weekly reading assignments) 2) 4 Critiques 20% (2 due before mid-term, 2 after) 3) Weekly news report on your selections of global/regional organizations 20% 4) In-class Mid-term Exam 20% 5) in-class final exam 20%

Schedule & Required Readings

2/17 Introduction: Scopes, Perspectives, Course Outline & Requirements

2/24 Study of International Organization: Approaches 1. Studying International Organization in World Politics (required) 1.1 A. LeRoy Bennett, International Organizations: Principles and Issues (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991), 1-21. 1.2 J. Samuel Barkin, International Organization: Theories and Institutions (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), 1-4. 2. Other Approaches (recommended) 2.1. Volker Rittberger and Bernhard Zangl, International Organization: Polity, Politics and 1 Policies (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), 3-13 2.2 Jutta Joachim, Bob Reinalda and Bertjan Verbeek eds. International Organizations and Implementation: Enforcers, Managers, Authorities? (London: Routledge, 2008), 3-18 2.3 Kelly-Kates S. Pease, International Organizations: Perspectives on Governance in the 21st Century (New York: Longman, 2010),1-14

3/3 Basics of International Relations 1. “Introduction”, in Richard Little and Michael Smith eds. Perspectives on World Politics (London: Routeledge, 2006), pp. 1-12. 2. K. F. Holsti, Taming the Sovereigns: Institutional Change in International Politics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004), pp. 28-72 [excerpt in Little & Smith: 17- 28] 3. Robert H. Jackson, “Continuity and Change in the States System”, Robert H. Jackson and Alan James (eds), States in a Changing World (Clarendon, Oxford, 1993), pp. 346- [excerpt in Little & Smith: 36-44] 4. Stephen M. Walt, “International Relations: One World, Many Theories”, Foreign Policy, No. 110 (Spring 1998), pp.29-46. [excerpt in Little & Smith: 386-394]

3/10 Interstate Cooperation in World Politics [Why states cooperate? Why cooperate via IOs?] 1. Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., “Power and Interdependence Revisited”, International Organization, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Autumn 1987), pp. 725-753 [online, read 725- 733 only] 2. Robert O. Keohane, After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1984), 51-63. [excerpt in Little & Smith: 81-89] 3. Kenneht W. Waltz: “Structural Realism after the Cold War”, International Security, vol. 25, no. 1 (2000), 5-41 [excerpt in Little & Smith: 90-98]. 4. Michael N. Barnett and Martha Finnemore, “The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations,” International Organization, Vol. 53, No. 4 (1999), pp. 695- 732 [excerpt in Little & Smith: 164-170]

3/17 Multilateralism in the Study of International Relations 1. Robert O. Keohane, “Multilateralism: an Agenda for Research”, International Journal, Vol. 45, no. 4 (Autumn 1990), pp. 731- 764. [online] 2. John Gerard Ruggie, “Multilateralism: the Anatomy of an Institution”, International Organization, Vol. 46, No.3 (Summer, 1992), pp. 561-598. [online]

3/24 Theories of International Organization I. (overviews from IR perspectives) 1. Andreas Hasenclever, Peter Mayer, Volker Rittberger, Theories of International Regimes 2 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997), pp. 1-7, 23-33, 83-90, 167-192

3/31 Theories of International Organization II 1. Arthur A. Stein, “Coordination and Collaboration: Regimes in an Anarchic World”, International Organization, Vol. 36, No. 2, (Spring 1982), pp. 299-324. [online] 2. Robert O. Keohane, “The Demand for International Regimes”, International Organization, Vol. 36, no. 2, (Spring 1982), pp. 325-355 [online]

4/7 Regionalism: EU & ASEAN 1. Raimo Vayrynen, “Regionalism: Old and New,” International Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1 (March 2003), pp. 25-51 [online] 2. Andrew Moravcsik, The Choice for Europe: Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1998), pp.67-77. [excerpt in Little & Smith: 142-150] 3. Gary Marks, Liesbet Hooghe and Kermit Blank, “European Integration from the 1980sx: State-Centric v. Multi-level Governance”, Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 4, no. 3, (1996), pp. 341-78. [excerpt in Little & Smith: 151-163] 4. Rizal Sukma, “ASEAN Beyond 2015: The Imperatives for Further Institutional Changes”, ERIA Discussion Paper Series [online, read 1-14 only]

4/14 Mid-term Exam (in Class) 1st and 2nd Critiques Due

4/21 International Organization and Global/ Regional Security 1. Robert Jervis, Perception and Misperception in International Politics (Princeton University Press, Princeton 1976), pp. 63-76. [Little & Smith: 54-61] 2. Robert Jervis, “Security Regimes,” International Organization vol. 36, no. 2, Spring 1982, pp.357-378. [online] 3. David Dewitt, “Common, Comprehensive, and Cooperative Security,” The Pacific Review, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1994), 1-15. [online] 4. Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett, “A Framework for the Study of Security Communities”, in Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnet (eds), Security Community (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998), pp. 37-48. [Little & Smith: 204-212]

4/28 Global Politico-Security Organization: The United Nations 1. J. Samuel Barkin, International Organization: Theories and Institutions (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), Chapter 5 United Nations and Its System & Chapter 6 Collective Security, pp. 53-78. 3 2. A. LeRoy Bennet, International Organizations: Principles & Issues Chapter 5 Some Basic Issues of the United Nations, pp. 72-95; & Chapter 7 Collective Security: Its Alternatives: Theory and Practice, pp. 134-156.

5/5 Regional Politico-Security Organization: NATO vs. ARF 1. Roberto Dominquez, “Security Governance in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization”, in Emil J. Kirchner and Roberto Dominquez eds. The Security Governance of Regional Organizations (London: Routledge, 2011), pp. 46-78 2. Dominik Heller, “The Relevance of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) for Regional Security in the Asia-Pacific”, Contemporary Southeast Asia vol. 27, no. 1 (2005), pp. 123- 145. [online]

5/12 International Organization and International Political Economy 1. (Zerox) Robert Gilpin, The Political Economy of International Relations (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987) pp. 8-15; 25-40

5/19 No Class

5/26 Global Politico-Economic Organizations: IMF, World Bank, WTO 1. J. Samuel Barkin, International Organization: Theories and Institutions (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), Chapter 8 Money, Trade and Multilateralism, pp. 91-102; & Chapter 9 Development 103-112.

6/2 NO Class

6/9 Regional Politico-Economic Organizations: APEC 1. Stuart Harris, “Policy Networks and Economic Cooperation: Policy Coordination in the Asia-Pacific Region”, The Pacific Review, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1994, 381-395. 2. Nick Bisley, “APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation” in Mark Beeson and Richard Stubbs eds. Routledge Handbook of Asian Regionalism (Abingdon: Routledge, 2012), pp 350-363.

6/16 Taiwan and International Organization 1. Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “Taiwan’s Participation in International Organizations”, in Edward Friedman ed. China’s Rise, Taiwan’s Dilemmas and International Peace (New York: Routledge, 2006), pp. 149-173. 2. T. Y. Wang, “Taiwan’s Bid for UN Membership”, in Edward Friedman ed. China’s Rise, Taiwan’s Dilemmas and International Peace (New York: Routledge, 2006), pp. 174-192. 3. Chyungly Lee, “Taiwan’s Participation in Asia-Pacific Regional Processes: Searching for an Agenda of Cross-Strait Consultations”, in Wei-Chin Lee, ed. Taiwan’s Politics in the 4 21st Century: Changes and Challenges (New Jersey: World Scientific, 2010), pp. 265-286. 4. T. Y. Wang, Wei-Chin Lee and Ching Hsin Yu, “Taiwan’s Expansion of International Space: Opportunities and Challenges”, Journal of Contemporary China (2011), 20(69), March 249-267. [online]

6/23 Final Exam (in-class) 3rd & 4th Critiques Due

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